First Look: Space Pirate Captain Harlock Poster

Get an eyeful of space pirate Captain Harlock, as seen on the promo poster for an upcoming CG animated movie based on the adventuring anime character. The photo, taken during the Tokyo Anime Fair last weekend, came with a rave review for the 90-second trailer show at the festival.

The action-packed video was “really jaw dropping-amazing,” wrote photographer Jean-Charles van Heurck in an e-mail to Wired.com. “Lots of smoke effect, lighting effects and so on.”

The character, created by anime legend Leiji Matsumoto, appears on the poster just as in the trailer — which also shows Captain Harlock’s nicely designed spaceships (and “a fantastic weapon”), according to van Heurck. “It’s gotten a really impressive/aggressive look,” he said. The clip also showed Captain Harlock’s bird and Kei Yuki. “She was really … very sexy for CG,” said van Heurck.